The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1887-05-18
BAkU'S FOUNTAINS.
THE PERSIAN RIVAL OF pENNsYL-
VANlA's PETROLEUM FIELDS.

VANIAtS PETROL Elm FIFlD
A Great Town Built Upon the spot Here
,o,ora .4.1d saoro.i b,. a., H. w.
sh'pi"E "''"''s-i" we've i"''','"i
Square Miles of Oil Region.
III. -. ~,
me sie"' own 81 i'aA'' ia5.9 INV ii
Coast me Of about SIX miles sweeping
around we'll projected harbar crowded
with shipping-ships Of all tonnage. all
fitted with tanks Ia store ne oil TINT
pour, from hundred fountains From
time immemorial This mot la, been
deemed sacred by the f,feIrc, II Persia.
who reeo..i,ize IN the tIaf8e + die uaf..e
nauhfLa q sacred fire =yfgaaI Herr. fsr nj
least >. u1a YER. iU, sacred earth fed g4ule#
Ia. iurued r,5eea-iez., aaa ~. temple
al ~urnkhauj has i,eH "a 6.,.-..#af r.4,i"=
eft l4iI|,r.Ina.-. This 1I.i5#l. f..afIti., flows
from fl!.. -oil in -, tIr, "a form ~ ta burr
vtli3af r,,....,,z.fsuf, and - indeed ..,.lii
I4ut5Ualle tIUif th, u4r,T#tltn #ls4- aar.t.-
5eaaIit irttif.., .r,,uiafl.,5l=f, srI rfat-
in nal. naIar- ail1yr= f--ftr,-- if tile r.s k
On ..errt.- nf.,lf. t}.z.. flames have f.,r
sapf, Ia t13l. ma v5fb m aYf4I .n--If
ltif. vlieH. f1=ftc s.,.. If lie t,ts5rr>
itc-t.l il.s.#-raf with >r,4a=4l ,#ac,.ft-a
,...t#H. Intensified h. fle#f.pt# Eat I#.-e
al.. Ttlffr. - Arabian ol.,af.=.f-r- "a lse..lt
xulc:saa. isauutaiu W. i'm fan arrion t.I
sGu Ve.r s.o since tban tie thermal
fr frxa .sneugea raHr rf.f-.s. .n
f,utt#D., oil and tL,fz.ita -l-.zaafr... fI,.
d .r.. 4i=5! of ,hc 5.-uta. Hsnulzui.,.
a=I.=. af.,r tr.i5.5. I,5=#.fa I#rl zHt..'
f..r#=i 49,. y-#fl f.urH
;nd rra- .t#f..t t5l.r,. s4tIez u.ta flc Cas-
Ian rom The point Is nor. iHy Z .aea=u-
terminates on is shnss4. Tie a4ulc -1.r.
facc u the cround j, black with waste
petroleum. Witch in cold weather harleu-
t. the consistency Of asphalt whereas be-
neath TIC blazing midsummer SIM the
foot sinh, ia to the depth Of TIVE or three
iaehcs ifcry breath Of wind rai-es
binding clouds 81 biaek. hiumlueus dust.
formed hy TIC coarse black naPhtha with
which the streets are periodically wa.
tered, true water beng too precious To
DE thus wasted. MS aust. e"ihplhcl
with the dense smoke poured from the
chlhhcls 81 somewhere about IN rem
Tag factories, docs h"thihS L" improve me
atmosphere. Ana mere, DAY ana ight.
Inc on fountains pphr iofth thflr hideou5
hi;-ck streams lhey 4lrld hh average oil
from - 10 - per cent. OF pure OIL. AMI
IRON - |" ~ per 'ent. OF refuse, "meh
makes e&'ticht iuel ior 'he great neetS
OIL OIL steamers ana locomotives Inc
supply may well be deemed ihe&hausu6le, /
inaNhuch as l<,opO square miles IN TINS
region are Iouhd 10 De oieiierons anu oil
TINS vast surface only SIX miles have as
yet bcen developed Inc OIL bearing |
stratum extends beneath inc caspian,
"hcrc IL crops up IN Iehellkan, n true Isle
OF OIL. here the oil literally streams INTO
the sea from hiils ana tiiiis, which may be
sald 10 tie formed oil ozokerite--in other
words Of craac raraiIine On the eastern
shofe Oh tue caspian II reappears at various
points, as, Tor instance ut the Neft or
Naphtha mn, where the deposits are Of
ficially valued at i31, ooo,ooo.
TIE TIRE GIANTS SPORT.
Now, fire giant who tends the great
laboratory beneath the Caspian seems TO
emulate the example Of his brethren in
New Zealand and Tonga. Hitherto he has
been satisfied with such sport as turning
Oh such an oil stream as that which gushed
forth three years ago from one Of the
Baku springs spouting with such force ms
10 break to pieces three inch cast iron
pipe which hal been fastened over the
well In order to divert the flow to diff
fcrcnt direction A neighboring oil spring,
on being tapped, threw up column Of
petroleum to twice the height Of the
Greet Geyser in Iceland. forming huge
black fountain 200 feet in height-a foun-
tain, however. attributed solely to The re-
moval Of the pressure on the confined gas,
as there is no pcrccptihlc heat in these
geysers 1t was visible for many miles
around, and on the first day it poured
forth about 10000 barrels, and, with
gradually diminishing volume, continued
to play for five months when it finally
subsidized, leaving Its unfortunate owners
IAN Armenian company well nigh ruined
by the claims brought against it by neigh
bors whose lands We're destroyed by the
oil flood